Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan to head govt’s data panel

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Friday constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan (pictured) to study issues related to non-personal data and suggest how the government should look at regulating it.

“There is a growing trend towards platformisation of the digital economy, and in such a platform economy, data could play a critical role as a community or public resource,” the ministry said.

Other members of the committee will be an additional or joint secretary from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, National Association of Software and Services Companies President Debjani Ghosh, National Informatics Centre Director General Neeta Verma, Avanti Finance Chief Technology Officer Lalitesh Katragadda, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi Professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, IT for Change member Parminder Singh and Joint Secretary MeitY Gopalakrishnan S.